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>>. >> it is dan. if you know scott's valley it is full of steep cliff so people out here are acustom to rock mud slides but this is the biggest in awhile. slide 2 to 300 feet long and 150 feet wide. it wiped out a power line and cut off about 25 homes from the main road. people can walk around it but no vehicle are getting up to the home. geologist survey the slide and says the zapped stone rock are still unstable which could make it difficult to clear the road. resident along lockhart gulch road notice small slides this morning but it all came down around 2 this afternoon and woman named jackie caught it on her smart phone. >> anyone who was there was like that's going down. we kept thinking it was going down any minute. >> oh, man. oh, man. hotel my god. about oh!

it looks like the county seems to think it's going to take quite awhile to clear all this rubble. it is a mess. i have never seen anything like this in my life. >>reporter: the scott's valley fire department or district says the slide is still moving ever so slightly. about an hour ago we could still hear tumble rock every once in awhile. geologist back here tomorrow morning to survey the slide again and it is going to take them awhile to clear this out but the concern now is that this next wave of storms could looseen things back up again and possibly damage some of those homes out there. reporting li in scott's valley, abc 7 news. >> that certainly is a possibility. thanks very much. >> unusual weather all around the bay today. south bay hail just outside our san jose

office. wanted to show you those pictures and check out the hail storm in santa rosa this afternoon. beverly e mailed this to you report at kg o dash tv.com. thanks for. that strong wind took down part of metal car north sunnyvale. richard and jennifer l sent these pictures to you report powered by you tube. we appreciate the pictures a great deal. yuba city area tornado national weather service first reported funnel cloud at 3:00 p.m. people in town say they saw it touch the ground making it a tornado not a funnel cloud and did turn into a tornado at that time near the small town of maxwell. the image was taken by ron turner. we are just seeing some of the problems caused by this weekend fierce wind and rain. it ripped more than a dozen boat from the moorings in marin county. l we found 2 of the boats that washed ashore in tiburon. there is a potential environmental fleet gas and oil leak because of the boats.

coast guard wants the boats moved quickly. more from vick lee. >> those familiar with the shoreline say they have never seen anything like this. so many boats washed up on rock and beaches. this was the ripple effect of the furious storm that swept through the area early sunday morning. >> it was blowing very hard and raining very hard. so hard that really hard to stand up and lean into the wind nishtion all about 17 boats broke loose from the anchor in richardson bay. linda davis lives on one that was spared but says it was chaotic. >> i saw boat come by us left and right. people it was dark. coast guard towing boat another guy on the averaging ran towing boat left and right. >>reporter: among those that washed ashore on strawberry point 4 motorboat. some had to be towed quickly because they posed an environmental threat. >> had all the you household goods. pretty much broken out of the boat and all over the

rip rap. >>reporter: one pleasure craft began leaking fuel. >> when you came around the corner over there the eye started burning from the smell of it. it was extremely stron strong. >>reporter: harbor master says there was a minor spill which the coast guard cleaned up quickly. but they want the boat owners to take the vessel out as soon as possible before they cause any more damage to the environment. >> most of the vessels are about 30 to 40 feet pleasure craft vessels so we are probably looking at maybe 100 to 200 gallon potential on each one. >>reporter: now most if not all of these boats are what they call anchor out. or boats that were anchored in the bay and not tied to dock. harbor master tells that you say there are about half dozen boats still stranded on the rocks. we have seen divers here examining the damages on these boats and they tell us that most of these boats suffered heavy damage so much so in fact that they will probably have to be scrapped. vick lee, 7 news.

now to libb qua where the international assault on gadhafi troops continues at breath taking speed. tonight coalition is hours away from control of the sky across the country. out right gadhafi advance on the huge city of benghazi has come the a halt. martha begins our coverage. >> in the last 24 hours at least a dozen cruise missiles have hammered lybian target. 2 slam ing into a command control facility smack in the middle of one of gadhafi compounds. since this air assault began there have been 136 cruise missiles strikes. those strikes alone totalling well over 136 million dollars. and more than 50 attacks from war planes. aimed attica dav i surface to air missile sites and military airfields. 3 b 2 stealth bomber dropped grave, 2,000 pound bomb ona5 the hardn structure that shelter gadhafi fighter jets. here's what it

looked like before. and after. some of the structures completely demolished. >> we have not observed lybian military aircraft operating since the beginning of military operation. >>reporter: with the lybian troop advance halted and air defense significantly degraded the no fly zone will be expanded west towards tripoli. some 600 miles. but there seems to be confusion about what happens when they get there. that strike on gadhafi compound even though his iconic tent sits near by they say it's not gadhafi himself targeted. >> i don't know much about the l location of the lybian leader nor have we expended 90 million tear effort in that regard. >>reporter: but british foreign secretary william haig refused to rule out gadhafi as target. telling the bbc that depends on the circumstances at the time. just one of the problems emerging in this

hastily arranged coalition. just days ago the united arab emirate was going to send fighter jets but not any more. norway turned around its fighter aircraft mid flight because it was unclear who was in charge. and italy which has opened up the base to country participating in a the enforcements of the no fly zone now may take that offer back. one big concern is the mobile surface to air missiles that remain in libya. around 50 of them and they move them around. they can hide them anywhere. garages. under bridges and the problem is that pilots can see them until they lock on to them and launch the missile. marth martha, abc news, washington. >> president obama is in chile on his scheduled latin american tour but while there he fielded questions about libya of course and criticism from both parties that he hasn't really explained the u.s. strategy. jake tonight with the answers. >> as the coalition forces continue to pummel libb

yashtion the president spoke yet again today trying to explain to the american people l fundamental question. why is the u.s. in libya? last tuesday the president received intelligence that gadhafi force were his approaching the rebel stronghold of benghazi city of 700,000 even more rapidly than had been anticipated. gadhafi said we will show no mercy. >> and in the face of that the international community rallied and said we have to stop pl any potential atrocity inside of libb yaishtion sources say the president was alarmed not just about the potential mass slaughter but also that not stopping it would say pro democracy demonstrators throughout the arab world that the u.s. abandoned you and say to dictator that mubarak was fool for leaving and further destabilize libya neighbor egypt and tu neetion still vulnerable after own revolutio revolution. murky and suddenly launched war, the president says he wants to oust gadhafi from power but that is not the

goal of this military action. >> when it comes to military action we are doing so in support of un security resolution l 1973. that specifically talks about humanitarian efforts and we are going to make sure that we stick to that mandate. >>reporter: so another difficult question. what is the end game? white house says that after this first phase of u.s. forces leading the air assault on lybian air defense and assets on the ground, u.s. will pull back. hand over command and control to are someone. when? >> we anticipate this transition to take place in a matter of days and not a matter of weeks. >>reporter: u.s. role will shift to providing logistical support while the uk, france, it thely and other country enforce the no fly zone but no one will say how long that will last. >> i wouldn't speculate in terms of length at this particular point in time. >>reporter: after all, the no fly zone over iraq lasted from the end of gulf war 1 to the

beginning of gulf war 2. 11 years. pl abc news, the white house. just coverage on libya. they have released 4 "new york times"journalist who were captured 6 days ago while reporting in that country. the 4 had entered libya from egypt without visa and captured by gadhafi forces. >> l moving oncoming here close to home. barry bonds trial finally under way in san francisco. it has been 7 and a half years since an fbi raid on peninsula lab raised questions about steroids use by pro-athlete. more from heather. >>reporter: barry bonds left the courthouse with his private security guard. inside the courtroom he sat quietly at the defense table standing only once when one of the lawyers introduced him to the jury poo pool. the defense team says they are confident they have a jury that can put aside anything they already know about the case and weigh only the evidence presented in court. >> it's about finding 12 people who will do exactly what their

job is which is to pay attention to the evidence that is presented to them. that has been vented by cross examination which nothing else has up until today. so these people are going to be the true experts in this case. >>reporter: the jury is made up of 8 women and 4 men only 2 are black both women. bonds defense team says race and gender don't matter. >> i think it would be borderline disrespectful for me to say so many men or tall people or red hair people that's not how we look at this. we have a fair impartial jury who were selected after a an open process. >>reporter: one juror who was in the courtroom but later consist missed told the judge he might be reluctant to render a judgment against a great athlete like mr. bonds. one dismissed said steroids are like cheating. you have an advantage over the other players. it's not fair. bonds being tried on 4 charges of perjury and one count of obstruction of justice. he's accused of lying to a 2,000 3 grand jury about whether he knowingly used steroids.

reporters asked his lead defense attorney how important the word knowingly is in this case. >> before add verb, adjective we think, should be accorded equal dignity in the analysis of what did or didn't happen here. >>reporter: trial continues tomorrow with bonds former trainer greg anderson appearing before the judge only not before the jury. he's expected to tell her once again that he refuses to testify against his childhood friend and she is expected once again to send him to jail. from there we go on to opening statements. trial is expected to last 4 to 5 weeks. in san francisco, heather, abc 7 news. pl the trial is another high profile murder case also under way. coming up. murder of journalist bailey and the critical testimony of one man. >> sun roof shatters without warning. dealer says a stray rock hit it. ahead open 7 on your side we show why that is rock hit it. ahead open 7 on your side we show why that is highly unlikely.

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ism jury selection wrapped up today in east bay courtroom where 2 men connected with the blast muslim bakery on the trial for murder of journalist bailey. cecelia was in court. >> 3 and a half years after bailey murder a jury of 7 women and 5 men was selected to decide the fate of the 2 men on

trial for his killing. with mountain of evidence and dozens of witnesses the case could last three months. but the key testimony will come from pl the person who admitted to pulling the trigger. defense attorney already say he's lying. >> he's very inconsistent. he's lied b.he's lying again. completely inconsistent with his tale and i think the jury will see he's a liar. >>reporter: in a plea deal he will receive 25 year sentence in exchange for his testimony against macky man accused of helping to hunt bailey down and bay the fourth man accused of ordering the hit. bailey shot as he opened his post office early on a busy downtown oakland street. they hoped to hold the trial out of toychbility i think because all of your here the fact that mr. bailey is a journalist is extremely important and that drove our motion for change of venue. >>reporter: in opening statement prosecutor crumbeled held up the shotgun that killed bailey and showed the jury his

graphic autopsy photo o. night before the august 2nd 2007 murder she said bay told the others you can't miss. if you miss they are coming down hard on the bakery. this is going to be big. prosecutors say it was an assassination to silence him because he was writing a story on the scandal of oakland bakery from the mounting debt to sex crime violation to its founder bay. the jurors will see this video taken day after bailey murder where bay discusses the crime and other crimes link to the back ri including these open liquor store vandalism. bailey family sitting in the courtroom through it all. >> we feel that justice will be served. >> in addition to this murder, the men will also be on trial for the murder of 2 other men, key witness is expected to take the stand either late this week or early next week this case continues tomorrow here in alameda county. reporting in

oakland, abc 7 news. go back and talk about the wchblingts all road into yosemite national park closed tonight because of snow, ice, mud slide and down tree and power lines. in the last 24 hours the winter storm has dropped nearly four feet of snow throughout the park. 9 inches of snow has fallen in the town of el portal just outside the park. highway 41, 120 and 140 into yosemite on the map are all temporarily closed. officials are not sure when those roads will be open. but one thing we can be sure office more rain and snow is on the way to california. sandy is here. we needed this break today after this weekend. >> we sure d.this weekend storm really dumped some heavy rain and you heard the wind. wind gust up to 70 miles an hour. >> hurricane force or low end. >> actually just barely 74 so we were close. really gusty winds here in the bay area. up to four feet of snow in the sierra nevada. so let's get

you outside where we are expecting more stormy weather in the days ahead as we show you a live picture from our high definition sutro camera. we have clouds outside. some areas still reporting some isolated showers. you will see them here on live doppler 7 hd. look for yourself around the san mateo county coast and santa cruz county coast very spotty in nature and light at this point. temperatures at this hour in the 40's and the 50's. here are the highlights. short break coming tonight. of course right now. wet windy by tuesday afternoon. and stronger storm is due in on thursday. so let me show you the high surf advisory that is in effect until 6:00 o'clock tomorrow morning. looking at large breaking wave. current wave height 11 to 14 feet. they could buildup to 18 feet. watch out for strong rip current. here's satellite radar storm that went through now to the east of us but now our attention turns to this system here. the next storm is intensifying during the commute you will sea

some very light showers. this isn't the storm. just ahead of the storm. so what will happen is as the afternoon goes on the rainfall starts to pick up in intense. >> it becomes more wide spread and gets heavy. evening hour definitely messy evening commute and at 1:00 o'clock right ahead of the cold front we will see some brief downpour here. behind the cold front still some scattered showers for 5:00 a.m. wednesday and this just continues with thunderstorms possibly develop by wednesday afternoon here. wednesday night still plenty of shower activity and when all said and done up to 2 to three inches of rain expected in the santa cruz mountains and north bay mountains. north bay pick up 1 to 2 inches. for the rest of the bay area anywhere from half inch to an inch of rain with this system here. overnight tonight temperatures in the mid 30's to the upper 40's and by morning do look for wet roadway. tomorrow afternoon temperatures primarily in the 50's 60 in san jose. 46 at clear lake.

hont monterey bay 50's to 60's. pay attention to the accu-weather 7 day forecast. it's a rainy windy tuesday afternoon and into wednesday. stronger potentially stronger storm on thursday. thunderstorms still a possibility. showers on friday. and we are still going with some rain likely on saturday before another chance of showers returns on monday. why do i draw attention to this well now that we have had a lot of rain and not had much of a chance to dry out for a few da days, of course we get concerned with the potential for flooding and mud slide. we have already seent mud slide in santa cruz county area so keep this in mind over the next couple days. >> it's tough. drought or mud sly. hard to win. >> hard to win. >> thanks very much. >> charges of coverup at san francisco redevelopment project as we continue tonight the e-mails that critic say reveal potential neighborhood health haas hazard. >> nuclear crisis in gentleman panel. one u.s. official says the situation is stabilizing.

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>> in a dismal scene ray of hope in japan. 80-year-old woman and 16-year-old grandson trapped for 9 days were pulled out of the rubble alive. the first confirmed american casualty 24-year-old taylor anderson from virginia. she was working as an english teacher after the quake she helped get children to hire ground and headed home on her bike. she never made it. in the mean time david wright with the latest on the troubled nuclear reactors. and radiation found in the food. >> frantic effort to cool the nuclear plant appears to be making some head way. radiation levels are slightly down. >> things appear to be l on the verge of stable iingz.

>> then last night reactor no. 3 puffed out an ominous cloud of black smoke work suddenly stopped. those first respon responders exposing themselves to potentially lethal dose of radiation. they said this weekend they left home in such a hurry they had to say goodbye to her families by text messag message. >> i hope you are the savior of japan. as the water from the hose cool the reactor it has been leaking into the ocean. sea water just off the coast of the plant now has radioactive iodine and 127 times the normal level raising concerns about contamination to fish and shellfish. already the food supply is tainted. tokyo tap water shows elevated levels of radioactive iodine. milk, canolli a-spinach and other leafy vegetable are considered

unsafe for human consumption. this local dairy having to throw out all that milk. american consumer need not worry according to food safety experts. just 4 percent of u.s. food import come from japan and any food japan exports is rigorously tested. don't panic japan top government spokesperson plead last night. anything harmful is being pulled from the grocery store shelves. david wright abc news, osaka, japan. tsunami surge after the japan quake damaged more than 100 vessels and caused an estimated 26 million dollars in damage to just the port itself. kolingt guard sits is now safe for smaller vessels to use the water way west of the murray street bridge. >> when we continues here tonight. is the neighborhood health hazard ignored. accusations of regulators at

san francisco getting too cozy with a developer. >> also tonight. give you a good look at man police say if hurt a san francisco church. >> car maker who refused to fix a sun roof and why it couldn't have happened the way they said it did. >> plus what an at&t and t mobile merger means for bay area cell coverage. how will that affect you? @hey marcel, watch this!

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just $29 a month for the first 6 months. dvr included. in the network there are no hard choices. >> good evening. once again let's start the half hour by running down the headlines we are following for you tonight. land slide has rendered about 20 homes in unincorporated santa cruz county inaccessible. fire department says the blocked road does not present an immediate hazard to rest

dent. just an inconvenience. >> opening statements expected to begin in the bonds perjury trial. took all day today to pick the jury of 8 women and 4 men plus 2 alternates. bonds was accused of lying to grand jury when he said did he not knowingly use steroids. >> and united states and coalition partner are wrapping up a third straight night of attacks in libya. u.s. commander says they have stopped tl gadhafi ground force from his advancing to the rebel held city of benghazi. large city. president obama says the u.s. will soon end the leading role in the air assault. some of the headlines tonight. >> now to explosive alleys prosecute a group of activity nightcast san francisco bay view hunter point. e-mails they claim proved that the city and federal regulators cooperated with the developer to cover up the danger of the former naval shipyard there. carolyn tyler has the story. >>reporter: about joshua is upset to the point of tears. for years she has complained about health problems she and

others believe are associated with redevelopment work at the former navy shipyard. now after the freedom of information act, access e-mails detailing correspondence between the environmental protection agency, the city health department and the line corporation the developer of the shipyard project. in one from 2009 an epa official e-mails a consultant. here are the main talking points we'll be presenting at this afternoon meeting. you have been a careful reviewer of my language in the past. do you see any problem in how i have worded any of these points. the activist claim there are scores of e-mails that show a pattern of cooperation and collusion to conceal the health threat of asbestos swirling in the construction dust. >> they were looking back at the data and saying well if we use this part of the data it looks good. if we use that part it looks bad. we want to make it look as good as possible when we present it to the community. >>reporter: regional administrator for the epa

issued a statement today saying in part i take these allegations very seriously. today i initiated a comprehensive review of the entire matter. the redevelopment of the shipyard federal super fund site is an ambitious project. expected to create a neighborhood of more than 10,000 homes. new businesses. perhaps a football stadium. the plan has gone through years of public debate. city health department official who was apparently planning to testify at meeting in 2006 says a draft of her remark in e-mail to 2 line employees. go ahead and change any way you want. i may change some of the back but i am willing to read your version. they were dismissing this community. they were dismissing single mothers. elderly people. and children for the sake of the dollar. that is the bottom line. >>reporter: health department sent a written response late this afternoon saying they are looking into the issues. as

for the corporation, the president is very blunt in a late statement saying quote nothing in these e-mails suggest any data was hidden, altered or covered up. he says the asbestos levels at the shipyard are not harmful. in the newsroom, abc 7 news. san francisco police are looking for man who burglarized a church and adjoining preschool. this is the surveillance video from early this morning at lakeside presbyterian church near stone town mall again in san francisco. the man broke a window in the preschool to get in. then wandered around the building for 20 minutes or.so of costing up to 9,000 dollars worth of damage. authorities believe he stole electronic keyboard as well as some other things from the school. >> california largest health care provider is reducing and delaying its upcoming rate pooibing hike that drew controversy. anthem blue cross announce dad that it will put off the planned april premium hike until july and will delay an increase in the deductible

and co-payment until next january. state insurance commissioner dave jones says this will save its 600,000 policy holders at least 40 million dollars. jones says blue shield aetna and pacific care have also agreed to delay in premium hikes. >> frightening experience for san jose woman when her sun roof suddenly shattered above her head as driving. just what cause that had sun roof to shatter became bone of contention between her and the dealership. that's when michael got involved. >>reporter: michelle park remembers what happened vividly that early saturday morning. she says she was driving northbound on highway 101 near sun veil not under an overpass when she heard a loud bang. >> about so it is like a little miniexplosion going off right above your head you think my god what just happen. >>reporter: the explosion left a huge hole in her sun roof. only the jagged edges remail. i looked around. looked

through my rear-view mirror. saw all my window intact. nothing shattered so i pulled down pulled back the cover of my sun roof and shattered glass started falling on me. >>reporter: she brought the new 2010 into santa clara for inspection. servicemanger wrote in this e-mail to bmw corporate the shop foreman found no signs of impact damage. the client is requesting this to be repaired under warranty. hour later bmw replied i picked up more rock in the last three months and this is not a product issue. she will need to contact her insurance company he should have requested picture. send somebody out to nipt. 3 minutes he says a rock issue. how would he know. >>reporter: soychtd internet and found car owner of various make reported the sun roof also suddenly shatter. we talked to steve creek bmw. officials there declined to go on camera but told us a rock likely hit the window and bounced back on

the roof. we then discussed the incident with dr. doctor of professor of mechanical engineering at uc berkeley. >> we take the math times the velocity at given time. >>reporter: he calculate add rock lofted into the air bay vehicle tire would reach a height of 10 or 15 feet. it would have to come down at 70 to 80 miles an hour to break the sun roof. >> there is not a chance in the world that an unintentional rock that is lofted up bay vehicle would ever break a sun roof panel. >>reporter: he says a maximum velocity of rock coming down would be 25 miles an hour. well short of the needed 70 miles an hour. he said is more likely the sun roof broke due to the stress caused by changes in temperatures or from fatigu fatigue. >> in both cases would i say that in my opinion the car manufacturer has the problem. base klit is a manufacturer defect. >>reporter: so we called bmw corporate. it agreed to replace the sun roof free of

charge before we even informed it of the professor's findings. michelle is happy and so is bmw. we are pleased that everything has been resolved with my shell and that she's happy with the way things went with her car. the professor tells us it is possible rock could break a windshield with direct hit but same scenario is not true for a sun roof since the rock would have to be first lofted into the air. i'm michael, 7 on your side. >> of more to bring you. is the state corporate climate getting chewed up. potential texas size move for big california company. >> and happy birthday to twitter. what a difference 5 >> and happy birthday to twitter. what a difference 5 years makes. the stay with us.

>> proposed at&t take over of t mobile usa drawing fire tonight. 39 billion dollar deal would make at&t the nation largest cell phone service provider but critic say it will mean fewer choices for the consumer and higher prices. t mobile plans are cheaper than at&t. it will increase the number of towers at&t has in large metropolitan areas by 30 percent that could mean fewer dropped calls but at&t plans to use the new towers for 4 g

service so t mobile customers would have to replace the 3 g phones. >> carlos junior may move the headquarters out of california. ceo says the state has gone from incubator for entrepreneur to factory of red tape t.he says the over time rules are too strict and environmental regulations too stringent. he says that means an extra 20 200,000 dollars and up to year and a half longer to build than california. >> eight months on average and up to two years to get the permit to build a restaurant in california. that's huge. many if you bought the land or renting the land you are paying for that land while you got no income coming in. in texas we are afternooning month and a half. >>reporter: fast-food company currently located in southern california. the company is talking to texas about moving the headquarters there. that could certainly hurt the company paid 60 million dollars in california taxes last year. >> in the mean time another l

fast-food chain is jumping on the food truck band wagon. jack-in-the-box debut what it is calling the munchy mobile over the weekend. it will be touring southern california for the next few months. no word if the munchy mobile plans on heading north. but there ace good chance it is successful. >> well there are not too many 5-year-old who can say they have changed the way the entire world communicates. but if you are twitter you can claim big bragging rights. here's becky. >> when a phone went down twitter lit one people trying to find information behind the wave of uprising in the middle east. >> young arab professionals and the weapons? social media. twitter. >> twitter account. >> twitter. twitter. >>reporter: may have seemed like a passing on line fad but twitter has over 200 million users. who serve up 140 million tweet a day. >> 400,000 people join sign up for twitter every single day.

every day. it's a feed of short blush sharing news, link and observation. fichlt i'm using tweeter to send pictures from space. >> i use tweet tore keep in touch. >>reporter: even betty white know about his twitter. >> that's my cell. i'm also on facebook. and the twitter. >> originally it was me twee tweeting to myself. >>reporter: such an exciting time for you. >> so much fun. >>reporter: that was twitter co-founder jack dorcey talking about being the first person to send a tweet 5 years ago today. these days lady gaga has the most popular account with nearly 9 million followers. she is followed by justin bieber, britney spares, president obama and kim kardashian. united states accounts for more than half of all twitter users by the wait a minute uk canada australia and brazil are the next big users and might not be surprised that it is most popular with 20 to

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>> hope you enjoyed the break while it lasted because won't last much longer. sandy here to update the forecast. sounds like more storms coming in. >>reporter: absolutely dan. let me show you live doppler 7 hd. we have a few spotty showers but most of the rain has ended. here's the storm that is coming. this one will bring us rain and wind tomorro tomorrow. could see some damp roadway during the morning commute but brunt of the storm comes in tomorrow afternoon and evening. and because of that a winter storm watch is going for the sierra nevada for tomorrow evening through wednesday evening. one to 2 feat of snow expected above 7000 foot elevation. so they have seen some of the resorts up to four feet of snow and they are adding a couple more feet. here's the 7 day forecast rainy windy for your tuesday and wednesday. stronger storms thursday showers for your friday and doesn't end there. over the weekend rain again on saturday and another

possibility next week on monday one storm system after another. >> long week. where are you on the pecking order in your family. oldest youngest. >> i am too. >> whether you are the oldest in the family or youngest we have news tonight about birth order and new revelation about health. here's john burman. >>reporter: pl marsha the eldest brady girl gets the most attention. but according to a new study she might also get the most allergy. 4 percent of first born get food allergy. 3 and a half percent of second born even less for third. scientist think maybe changes in the womb by time baby 2 or 3 come help build a stronger immune system in kid. parents who hyper sterilize for first born mick back off for younger kid. the rolling around in germ might boost immunity. good for younger sibling pictures on facebook but not all good. take intelligence.

one study found the iq of first born 3 points higher than second children. and 4 points higher than third. maybe all the special time with mom and dad. >> first born comes along and no younger sibling 100 percent of parental victims. >>reporter: that can mean greater expectation and greater sense of responsibility hence l 21 of the first 23 astronauts were first born. dispositive portionate number of our president and ceo 43 percent first born and 23 percent youn youngest. maybe this all helps explain the differences between jimmy and billy carter and bill and roger clinton. my older sister is a ceo more successful and smarter. me? i ended up on tv. >> we younger siblings do have to do things to get attention. be more creative. take more risk. act like rebels. ben franklin youngest of 17 killed.

steven colbert youngest of 11. also 50% more likely to play dangerous sports. which explains why older sister marsha had such trouble with football. >> on behalf of younger siblings he had that coming. john burman abc news. >> brady bunch. >> i remember the open sewed very well. >> before stanford women basketball. round 2 of the ncaa and red storm. talk about stormy weather posing more of a threaten expect

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>> coming up at 11. as reported here stuck by a slichltd we are live again in santa cruz county where dozens of people are strandeded by a mud slide caused by all of this rain. when will they be able to move about? also getting high by losing sleep. what uc berkeley researchers found. those stories and more coming up in an hour on 7 news at 11 over on channel 7. hope you can join us for. that but larry is here with all the sports. march madness continues. >> on the women side stanford women basketball team. outstanding. sight set on the national championship. cardinal seniors just set another milestone completing get this 4 straight years without a loss on their home court. that's big stuff. round 2 of the ncaa tournament. stanford hosting saint john and red storm surprising early. the roll. up 8. then going

to work. 3 straight bucket. finished with 22 points. jump starting 16-4 cardinal burst and the roof is on fire. cardinal up by a point. other younger sister in the pasting lane. had 14. more from ruth on the dry. off balance collision and it goes. the blow out is under way at stanford overwhelm saint john. pa peterson 4-3. stanford goes on to cruise 75-frichbility meet north carolina in the next round saturday in spokane. to the nba. warriors kind of reached that point where they are just drifting to oblivion this season. play off hopes faded. can't hack with the good team and spurs are really, really good. first quarter so many times. parker to duncan. lay up. but of he lands on the foot. duncan leaves with a sprained ankle. no word on how long he may be out. duncan

exits. he enters and dunk courtesy of parker. spurs rolling. career night following the ac miss. showing up angry, dan. 15 points for the rookie. warriors down 20 in the fourth. kind of making it interesting. williams for 3. wright pull up jumper within 7 but the spurs consummate team. he had 28 here. out in the pasting lane. steal. dunk. spurs win going away. 111 in 96. warriors lost 26 straight in san antoni antonio. to baseball and heart skipped several beats over the weekend when giants closer wilson strained oblique muscle and appeared he might not be available for awhile but today he said it's not as bad as originally thought. wilson re-examine independent by doctors today and said if there was a regular season game he would be able to pitch let's say tonight. turned out the giants got rained out today. wilson might start some light throwing by wednesday. there's the rain out in the cactus league today. all star closer added no point pushing anything

with 10 the day left in spring training. giants heal. open march 31 against the dodgers. sneak peek of the giants new reality tv show looks terrific. if into jersey shore the giants the show not for you probably because it actually contains interesting material.

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